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+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+'''
+Erlang-style (ish) "one-cancels-one" nursery.
+
+'''
+from __future__ import annotations
+from contextlib import (
+    asynccontextmanager as acm,
+    contextmanager as cm,
+    nullcontext,
+)
+from typing import ContextManager
+
+from outcome import (
+    Outcome,
+    acapture,
+)
+import pdbp
+from msgspec import Struct
+import trio
+from trio._core._run import (
+    Task,
+    CancelScope,
+    Nursery,
+)
+
+class MaybeOutcome(Struct):
+
+    _ready: Event = trio.Event()
+    _outcome: Outcome | None = None
+    _result: Any | None = None
+
+    @property
+    def result(self) -> Any:
+        '''
+        Either Any or None depending on whether the Outcome has compeleted.
+
+        '''
+        if self._outcome is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                # f'Task {task.name} is not complete.\n'
+                f'Outcome is not complete.\n'
+                'wait on `await MaybeOutcome.unwrap()` first!'
+            )
+        return self._result
+
+    def _set_outcome(
+        self,
+        outcome: Outcome,
+    ):
+        self._outcome = outcome
+        self._result = outcome.unwrap()
+        self._ready.set()
+
+    # TODO: maybe a better name like,
+    # - .wait_and_unwrap()
+    # - .wait_unwrap()
+    # - .aunwrap() ?
+    async def unwrap(self) -> Any:
+        if self._ready.is_set():
+            return self._result
+
+        await self._ready.wait()
+
+        out = self._outcome
+        if out is None:
+            raise ValueError(f'{out} is not an outcome!?')
+
+        return self.result
+
+
+class TaskHandle(Struct):
+    task: Task
+    cs: CancelScope
+    exited: Event | None = None
+    _outcome: Outcome | None = None
+
+
+class ScopePerTaskNursery(Struct):
+    _n: Nursery
+    _scopes: dict[
+        Task,
+        tuple[CancelScope, Outcome]
+    ] = {}
+
+    scope_manager: ContextManager | None = None
+
+    async def start_soon(
+        self,
+        async_fn,
+        *args,
+
+        name=None,
+        scope_manager: ContextManager | None = None,
+
+    ) -> tuple[CancelScope, Task]:
+
+        # NOTE: internals of a nursery don't let you know what
+        # the most recently spawned task is by order.. so we'd
+        # have to either change that or do set ops.
+        # pre_start_tasks: set[Task] = n._children.copy()
+        # new_tasks = n._children - pre_start_Tasks
+        # assert len(new_tasks) == 1
+        # task = new_tasks.pop()
+
+        n: Nursery = self._n
+        cs = CancelScope()
+        new_task: Task | None = None
+        to_return: tuple[Any] | None = None
+        maybe_outcome = MaybeOutcome()
+
+        sm = self.scope_manager
+        if sm is None:
+            mngr = nullcontext([cs])
+        else:
+            mngr = sm(
+                nursery=n,
+                scope=cs,
+                maybe_outcome=maybe_outcome,
+            )
+
+        async def _start_wrapped_in_scope(
+            task_status: TaskStatus[
+                tuple[CancelScope, Task]
+            ] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
+
+        ) -> None:
+            nonlocal maybe_outcome
+            nonlocal to_return
+
+            with cs:
+
+                task = trio.lowlevel.current_task()
+                self._scopes[cs] = task
+
+                # TODO: instead we should probably just use
+                # `Outcome.send(mngr)` here no and inside a custom
+                # decorator `@trio.cancel_scope_manager` enforce
+                # that it's a single yield generator?
+                with mngr as to_return:
+
+                    # TODO: relay through whatever the
+                    # started task passes back via `.started()` ?
+                    # seems like that won't work with also returning
+                    # a "task handle"?
+                    task_status.started()
+
+                    # invoke underlying func now that cs is entered.
+                    outcome = await acapture(async_fn, *args)
+
+                    # TODO: instead, mngr.send(outcome) so that we don't
+                    # tie this `.start_soon()` impl to the
+                    # `MaybeOutcome` type? Use `Outcome.send(mngr)`
+                    # right?
+                    maybe_outcome._set_outcome(outcome)
+
+        await n.start(_start_wrapped_in_scope)
+        assert to_return is not None
+
+        # TODO: better way to concat the values delivered by the user
+        # provided `.scope_manager` and the outcome?
+        return tuple([maybe_outcome] + to_return)
+
+
+# TODO: maybe just make this a generator with a single yield that also
+# delivers a value (of some std type) from the yield expression?
+# @trio.cancel_scope_manager
+@cm
+def add_task_handle_and_crash_handling(
+    nursery: Nursery,
+    scope: CancelScope,
+    maybe_outcome: MaybeOutcome,
+
+) -> Generator[None, list[Any]]:
+
+    cs: CancelScope = CancelScope()
+
+    # if you need it you can ask trio for the task obj
+    task: Task = trio.lowlevel.current_task()
+    print(f'Spawning task: {task.name}')
+
+    try:
+        # yields back when task is terminated, cancelled, returns?
+        with cs:
+            # the yielded values here are what are returned to the
+            # nursery's `.start_soon()` caller
+
+            # TODO: actually make this work so that `MaybeOutcome` isn't
+            # tied to the impl of `.start_soon()` on our custom nursery!
+            task_outcome: Outcome = yield [cs]
+
+    except Exception as err:
+        # Adds "crash handling" from `pdbp` by entering
+        # a REPL on std errors.
+        pdbp.xpm()
+        raise
+
+
+@acm
+async def open_nursery(
+    scope_manager = None,
+    **kwargs,
+):
+    async with trio.open_nursery(**kwargs) as nurse:
+        yield ScopePerTaskNursery(
+            nurse,
+            scope_manager=scope_manager,
+        )
+
+
+async def sleep_then_err():
+    await trio.sleep(1)
+    assert 0
+
+
+async def sleep_then_return_val(val: str):
+    await trio.sleep(0.2)
+    return val
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    async def main():
+        async with open_nursery(
+            scope_manager=add_task_handle_and_crash_handling,
+        ) as sn:
+            for _ in range(3):
+                outcome, cs = await sn.start_soon(trio.sleep_forever)
+
+            # extra task we want to engage in debugger post mortem.
+            err_outcome, *_ = await sn.start_soon(sleep_then_err)
+
+            val: str = 'yoyoyo'
+            val_outcome, cs = await sn.start_soon(sleep_then_return_val, val)
+            res = await val_outcome.unwrap()
+            assert res == val
+            print(f'GOT EXPECTED TASK VALUE: {res}')
+
+            print('WAITING FOR CRASH..')
+
+    trio.run(main)